Tag: Japan

Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, was designed to help protect South Korea against attacks from North Korea; instead it became the biggest obstacle to relations between ...

TOKYO: A Japanese government panel tasked with tackling rising prices and wage issues will meet on Friday and consider additional policy measures that should be taken, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ...

TOKYO: Japan's top government spokesperson warned again on Friday (Sep 2) that the authorities were watching currency moves with a high sense of urgency, as the yen slid to a ...

TOKYO: Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday (Sep 2) that Tokyo will take "appropriate" action as needed on the yen's slide to a fresh 24-year low against the ...

SEOUL: South Korea's national security adviser has said he and his counterparts from the United States and Japan have agreed there will be no soft response if North Korea conducts ...

TOKYO: The former chairman of Tokyo Olympics sponsor Aoki Holdings has told prosecutors he gave 2 million yen (US$14,300) in cash to the head of the Games' organising committee, former ...

TOKYO: Tourists will be able to visit Japan from next week on package tours without a guide, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday (Aug 31), as the country moves ...

The budget request is for funding to mass produce ground-launched cruise missiles - an extended range version of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-designed Type 12 missile already in use - to ...

TOKYO: Japan needs over US$24 billion in investment from both the public and private sectors to develop a competitive manufacturing base for batteries used in areas such as electric vehicles ...

TOKYO: Japan's weather agency said on Tuesday (Aug 30) "very strong" typhoon Hinnamnor was nearing several remote southern islands, prompting warnings for local residents to seek shelter before it becomes too ...